The Nepal government has formed a six-member committee to probe the crash-landing of US-Bangla Airlines at Tribhuvan International Airport.
Yagya Prasad Gautam, former director general at the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), will lead the panel, according to a Himalayan Times report run by bdnews24 Tuesday.
The panel has been assigned to initiate an investigation as early as possible.
CAAN has also communicated with Dhaka aviation authority for necessary cooperation, according to the officials.
At least 50 people were killed when The BS211 of US-Bangla Airlines crashed in cloudy weather as it came in to land at the Nepalese capital's hill-ringed airport on Monday.
The chief executive officer of US-Bangla Airlines, Imran Asif, accused Kathmandu's air traffic control of sending wrong signals.
But airport general manager Raj Kumar Chettri said the pilot disregarded their messages and came in from the wrong direction.
The plane was carrying four crew members and 67 passengers - 32 from Bangladesh, 33 from Nepal, and one each from China and the Maldives.
